Cluster /(klŭs"tẽr)/
Clus·ter
Cluster
n.
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A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch.
Her deeds were like great clusters of ripe grapes, Which load the bunches of the fruitful vine.
- A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands.
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A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob.
As bees . . . Pour forth their populous youth about the hive In clusters.
We loved him; but, like beasts And cowardly nobles, gave way unto your clusters, Who did hoot him out o' the city.
Cluster
v. i.
imp. & p. p. Clustered; p. pr. & vb. n. Clustering
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To grow in clusters or assemble in groups; to gather or unite in a cluster or clusters.
His sunny hair Cluster'd about his temples, like a god's.
The princes of the country clustering together.
Cluster
v. t.
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To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch or close body.
Not less the bee would range her cells, . . . The foxglove cluster dappled bells.
Or from the forest falls the clustered snow.
Phrases & Compounds
- Clustered column
- a column which is composed, or appears to be composed, of several columns collected together.